Presidential candidate of the Democratic Party, Kamala Harris, has promised, “as president, I will fight to protect our fundamental freedoms and make sure everyone has a right to safety, dignity, and justice.”
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| Kamala Harris and “best friend, Wanda Kagan”. Photo: @KamalaHarris |
Harris made the promise to Americans ahead of the US Presidential Election 2024 which is less than eleven (11) days away.
She narrated a story of her “best friend, Wanda, who was being sexually abused by her stepfather”, saying, “Wanda’s story is one of the reasons I wanted to become a prosecutor”.
The US VP added, “as a courtroom prosecutor, I felt a deep sense of responsibility to take on crimes and harms against women and children.”
According to Harris: “When I was in high school, I started to notice something about my best friend, Wanda. She was sad at school, and there were times when she didn’t want to go home.
One day, I asked Wanda if everything was all right, and she confided in me that she was being sexually abused by her stepfather. I immediately told her she had to come live with us. I called my mother, and my mother said, “Of course she does.”
And so Wanda did.
Wanda’s story is one of the reasons I wanted to become a prosecutor. As a courtroom prosecutor, I felt a deep sense of responsibility to take on crimes and harms against women and children. When I had a case, I charged it not in the name of the victim but in the name of the people for one simple reason: In our system of justice, a harm against any one of us is a harm against all of us.
Through all my decades in law enforcement, I never asked a victim or a witness, “Are you a Republican or a Democrat?” The only question I ever asked was, “Are you okay?” That is the kind of president we deserve, and that is the kind of president I pledge to be.
As president, I will fight to protect our fundamental freedoms and make sure everyone has a right to safety, dignity, and justice.”
